I didn't realize this label had so many releases. Any recommendations?
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
GOG!!!!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i've been raving about utech and the gog album for months on ilx. definitely my "it's all new to me" label of the year.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i notice going to the site now that he will be "closing" the label? site? until next year. but you can still order stuff.
aside from the GOG album: Vagusnerve's Lo Pan album is amazing. Aluk Todolo album, Finsternis, is also great.
but, really, ALL the stuff i've heard is of such high quality. such a great vibe/aesthetic/design/vision/etc.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
A week or two ago he took the site down completely apart from a front page, which had a note that the label was closing for the time being due to unforeseen circumstances.
I'm very relieved to see that he's back up and running to some degreee at least.
Best wishes for Keith & Utech to get through whatever the current difficulties may be.
I was looking forward to the Shokyo Ontei series, primarly for the Urabe involvement, so would like to see that come together at some point.
― krakow, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 07:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Here's the label website for ease of access by the way: http://www.utechrecords.com/
― krakow, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 07:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Bought the Vagusnerve (which was my whole reason for starting thread), GOG and Blood Fountains records to start with. $14 when you consider that shipping and tax is included is a pretty good deal actually.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
do you have good/powerful speakers at home? cuz most of this stuff sounds great loud. i mean, i think it actually benefits from being played loudly. or the listener benefits. one or the other. probably both.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I do, but I don't listen to most of my music on them sadly. :(
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Got 'em the mail yesterday. Vagusnerve and GOG are totally fantastic. Dude also threw in two other earlier releases (one by Guillaume Gargaud and one by Half Makeshift) which look great.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.utechrecords.com/index.html
They are having a sale. $10 a piece to the end of the year.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish more people cared! they should. this is EXCITING modern music!
― scott seward, Thursday, 26 November 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
five new releases are really good. more experimental/improv/collaborations. more electroacoustic stuff. the ural umbo album is excellent. but, really, i like them all.
having a contest by the way:
http://hammersmashedsound.blogspot.com/2010/01/utech-records-contest.html
― scott seward, Monday, 25 January 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
not a big lasse marhaug fan but this cover is so badass that I still kind of want this album:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_upR682BFRiM/S1yElUM2qnI/AAAAAAAAE70/XxZbYygfG7g/s1600-h/LM_Beauty.jpg
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
whoopso, let's try again:
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/LM_Beauty.jpg
― original bgm, Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
new stuff is so good.
AURAL FIT "Mubomuso" UTECH RECORDS [URCD031/Shokyo4]WHITE STATIC DEMON "Apparitions" UTECH RECORDS [URCD048]WHITE STATIC DEMON "Decayed" UTECH RECORDS [URCS049]RST "The Sunset Limited" UTECH RECORDS [URCD050]THE HUMAN QUENA ORCHESTRA "A Natural History of Failure" UTECH RECORDS[URCD051]RAHMANE "Islands of Pathos" UTECH RECORDS [URCS052]
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
white static demon is justin broadrick getting all noisy and its awesome!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, i lied, i did not receive this and if anyone else wants it they better act fast:
WHITE STATIC DEMON "Decayed" CSAnalog conduction of Avalanche's digital release. Black cassette.This item will only be for sale through Utech Records. Edition of 100.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
oh and i also got the new locrian album coming out on utech for review and its pretty amazing. need to listen to it loud and with full attention though. will report back.
i swear i sound like i am on the payroll but i don't care cuz this label rules so hard and is so exciting. and so MUCH great stuff. i don't know how he does it. every package is so beautiful.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
but i did get the other white static demon and that's what i was talking about.
From Utech Records:
To date I haven't said anything publicly about Stephen Kasner out of respectfor his privacy. He has issued a statement and I wanted to share it.
"Stephen Kasner has recently been diagnosed with some serious medicalissues. Like many artists who lack the benefit of medical insurance, hepushed the situation aside until it became unavoidable. Emergency care hasbeen initiated, but he is not out of the woods yet, and his continued careis extremely necessary - hence this call for aid to friends, admirers of hisart, and comrades alike."
You can help by making a donation via PayPal to <kas✧✧✧@stephenkas✧✧✧.c✧✧>
I am offering three URSK box sets <http://www.utechrecords.com/URSK.html>for $115 each. All proceeds will go directly to Stephen. If you areinterested please email <utechreco✧✧✧@sbcglo✧✧✧.n✧✧>.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
new digital page for downloads.
http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
New GOG is amazing. Are the Ural Umbo records good, Scott? I notice they're on sale I like the Sum of R and RM74 stuff generally...
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
don't sleep on this...
http://www.utechrecords.com/UR_BoxSale.html
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
for real, best deal around. wow. i got one.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Me too.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
CASSETTES!
I have only have the Sum or R record too so it's all going to be new to me.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
that deal is worth it just for Urania alone. man, what an album...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Urania has given me for real out of body experiences. without any drugs or anything. it has totally put me in another place and i have forgotten where i was while it was playing. it's magical.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
finally picked up a GOG record and man scott was right all along, this stuff rules
― the tune was space, Thursday, 13 March 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link
I like this a lot too although it is not typical Utech stuff:
http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/album/body-horror
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 13 March 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link
I think the Pan Gu record is pretty great too. Awesome artwork as well.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 13 March 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
the album is solid but I love this extended one in particular:http://utechrecords.bandcamp.com/track/no-return
― original bgm, Thursday, 13 March 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
"finally picked up a GOG record and man scott was right all along, this stuff rules"
:)
― scott seward, Friday, 14 March 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
Scott what else 2013-2014 is good. After the crazy boxed set deal I kinda stopped paying attention for a bit.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 14 March 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
new three-disc live fushitsusha + peter brotzmann set is FANTASTIC. sounds so good. well worth the money. it's 30 bucks...
― scott seward, Friday, 9 May 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
I still like this label, though, because of my own tastes, I preferred their earlier days when they were more jazz, less noise. Some of those early brown-packaged jazz CDs of ridiculously small runs (75, 125, etc) were so good. The Rempis Percussion Quartet's "Circular Logic" remains one of my favorite jazz albums ever (for some weird reason).
It's now available for free, though:
http://www.candydinner.com/album/dave-rempis-percussion-quartet-circular-logic/
― The Thnig, Friday, 9 May 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
And, wow, yes, that Fushitsusha/Brotzmann sounds great from the sample.
https://soundcloud.com/utech-records/fushitsusha-nothing-changes/s-pME4M
― The Thnig, Friday, 9 May 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah, highest recommendation
― original bgm, Friday, 9 May 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
So I flat out love this label and I am pretty sad to hear that the wife of the guy who runs it just died, leaving behind two young kids as well (a 12 yo son and 9 yo daughter). There is a 4 and a 1/2 hour benefit album linked below and a gofundme if anyone feels like supporting. :-\
http://utechfamilybenefit.bandcamp.com/album/and-suddenly-everything-absolutely-everything-was-therehttp://www.gofundme.com/yhq9bg
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2015 04:36 (eight years ago) link
Yeah Keith documented her passing very movingly on Facebook, and seeing this happen is a lovely tribute.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 August 2015 04:37 (eight years ago) link
holiday bundle. 60 bucks. a great deal. i got one. lots of stuff that i didn't have.
http://utechrecords.com/
― scott seward, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 13:24 (seven years ago) link
Me too. Love these sets. I give dupe stuff I have as gifts. :)
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link